Are you looking to install [ROM][CancroCM][5.0.2][MI3W][15/02/2015] CyanogenMod 12 | cancro on your Xiaomi Mi 3? Here is a tutorial and step by step instructions which will be helping you out with the procedure and get things done pretty easily and quickly.

Here are some things, which you should be knowing about, before you actually begin with the procedure and start to install [ROM][CancroCM][5.0.2][MI3W][15/02/2015] CyanogenMod 12 | cancro on Xiaomi Mi 3. In general, you should be aware about the concepts of android rooting and the things related to it, which are installing custom recoveries on the phone etc. But most importantly you should be having an atleast a basic idea about ROMs in general. So if you aren’t, you could go through a brief paragraph below, or if you are well knowing about it, and have been installing roms on the phone, since some time now, you could skip that part. But it is recommended that if this is your first time, you should go through it.

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So to begin, a rom is a interface which acts between the core android source code and you. It is like a skin that acts on top of the android stock look. Like you must have noticed, that phones from different companies appear to have different interfaces, despite running the same version of android. And that is where the ROMs, and the custom skins come into play. Now a ROM is just more than looks, and a skin, which is a common name by which it is called. As it just not changes the way the interface looks, it has a great impact on the way the phone performs. So a good rom can make your performance go up, and the device to perform greatly, whereas on the other hand, a bad room can make your experience worst.

Pre Requisites:

Below is a list of the things which you should get done, and have before you proceed and begin to flash [ROM][CancroCM][5.0.2][MI3W][15/02/2015] CyanogenMod 12 | cancro on Xiaomi Mi 3.

The data on the phone might get wiped completely, so make sure that you make a proper proper backup of the important data. (You can do so in Recovery, making a NANDroid Backup.)

Make sure that the device is properly charged before you begin, at least upto 60 percent.

You need to have root access on the device, to Verify Root Just Download Root Checker Pro App and Install. It is pretty easy to use. Just open and Verify Root

Also a custom recovery should be installed on it, which is compatible with the rom you are looking to install

So here are the instructions which you are required to follow so as to install the rom on the Xiaomi Mi 3. There are two methods explained below, one is the dirty flash and the other is the clean flash. If you are already running a previous version of the rom you want to install, then follow the dirty flash procedure. But on the other hand, if you were running a stock rom previously, or any other rom for that matter, following the clean flash tutorial makes more sense. So let’s begin.

Dirty Flash:

So here is the first part, i.e., the method to clean flash the ROM on the device.

Place the ROM file on to the SD card of the device.

Reboot the device into the Recovery mode.

Now 'Wipe Cache', of the device, tap on 'yes', if it asks for confirmation.

After that, go into 'Advanced' and then 'Wipe Dalvik Cache', select 'Yes' for confirmation.

Now come back into the main menu, and select the 'Install zip from SD card', and then select the file that you have placed on to the device.

After that confirm, and let the recovery install the rom file for you.

After it is successful, reboot the device. That's it.

So this is how you dirty flash [ROM][CancroCM][5.0.2][MI3W][15/02/2015] CyanogenMod 12 | cancro on Xiaomi Mi 3, so now let us see how to clean flash a ROM. FOllow the instructino that are give below to do so.

Clean Flash:

So place the rom file on to the SD card of your device.

Reboot the device to the recovery, that you installed.

Now select, 'Wipe Data/Factory Reset' and tap on 'Yes' if it asks for confirmation.

Now 'Wipe Cache', of the device, tap on 'yes', if it asks for confirmation.

After that, go into 'Advanced' and then 'Wipe Dalvik Cache', select 'Yes' for confirmation.

Now come back into the main menu, and select the 'Install zip from SD card', and then select the file that you have placed on to the device.

After that confirm, and let the recovery install the rom file for you.

Now again select the 'Install zip from SD card', and this time choose the Gapps package.

After successful installation, Reboot the device.

The Last Step is to make sure that you are no more rooted. So Just Download Root Checker Pro App and Install. It is pretty easy to use. Just open and Verify Root

So this is it, this was a tutorial to help you install [ROM][CancroCM][5.0.2][MI3W][15/02/2015] CyanogenMod 12 | cancro on the Xiaomi Mi 3.I hope this helped you out, and if in case you faced any issues, by clicking on the Source link and Contact The Developer(kD) of the ROM.